pilose

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adjective

Covered with fine hair.

Similar
pilouspilaryhairyhairedhirsute
OriginLatin pilōsus →
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Meanings

adjectivepilose (comparative more pilose, superlative most pilose)

comparative more pilose · superlative most pilose · alternative pilous

  1. Covered with fine hair.

    An icy chill runs down the back of your exoskeleton as the name enters your mind, your very animus shuddering at the sound of it. Something about its form, its essence… it is far too lissom. Too pilose. Too disturbingly… feline.

    2024, Kazerad, Enter name, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), October 11 2024

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecovered with hairs especially fine soft ones

Similar
pilouspilaryhairyhairedhirsute
Also see
pilous

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinpilōsus
  2. Englishpilose

From Latin pilōsus, from pilus (“hair”).

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APA

pilose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pilose

MLA

“pilose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pilose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pilose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pilose.

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